TAKING SOUNDINGS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14009, 14 September 1909, Page 2

TAKING SOUNDINGS.

(tteoeived Sept. 14, 8 a.m.) , j NEW YORK, Sept. 18. Commander Peary, five miles from tkePple. took soundings at a depth of 1000 fathoms, but found no bottom. COMMANDER PEARY'S THREAT. (Received Sept. 14, 8.20 a.m.) v • NEW YORK. Sept. 18. . V Commander Peary, cabling to the New York Times, says: "If Dr. Cook makes a statement before any reputable body or even gives his signature to a>\ statement that he reached the Pole, ; I .will furnish material of great public I interest." Commander Peary's fifth companion to the Pole was a negro servant named Henson. '